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Posts tagged "crime"

News pickup: Retired cop stops "L" beating; Morgan St. station opens quietly

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As Chicago gets back to normal after “NATO-armegeddon” ends, we summarize some news events from over the last few days. Retired cop foils robbery on Green Line train. The retired Oak Park police commander had his eye on two teens from the time they entered the Green Line train at Clark and Lake, due to... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
Monday at 6:41 pm
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Photos released of alleged Red Line rapist

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Chicago police on Tuesday released photos of a man suspected in the early morning Friday rape of a woman on the CTA’s southbound Red Line. The victim was sexually assaulted and robbed by a knife-wielding man between Roosevelt and 79th Street on the Dan Ryan branch of the Red Line. The suspect is described as... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
February 28, 2012 at 5:44 pm
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News pickup: CTA to hold gigantic garage sale

Here are some CTA news items from last week.  World’s largest garage sale? The CTA will auction off about $32 million in surplus, unused supplies. Unfortunately, the auction shows the CTA has badly managed its assets over the last few years. But at least the agency admits it and is doing something to reverse course... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
February 26, 2012 at 6:58 pm
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Police looking for two males after CTA Green Line robberies

Chicago police have issued community alerts for two suspects in two different robberies on the south end of the CTA Green Line. The robbers are described as African-Americans between the ages of 16 and 21, 5-foot-10 to 6-foot-2 and weighing between 190 and 230 pounds, reports the Chicago Tribune. In the first incident, two males... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
February 19, 2012 at 12:37 pm
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Resurgence of CTA-involved "wilding" reported; Guardian Angels patrolling Red Line

New reports of “wilding” have resurfaced, with large groups of teens on Monday starting at the Red Line Chicago station and spreading out on North Michigan Avenue to wreak havoc. These details were posted on Chicago’s EveryBlock site based on police scanner reports. Further corroboration of the wilding could be found in comments on Second... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
December 29, 2011 at 5:49 pm
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Two die over the weekend at two L stations

It was a deadly weekend on the CTA’s rail lines as two men died on the Brown and Pink lines. In the Brown Line incident, an intoxicated man fell off the platform early Saturday morning at Wellington and into the path of a Brown Line train. He was dead at the scene, according to a... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
December 13, 2011 at 7:05 am
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Teen punches out homeless guy on CTA Red Line platform; friend helpfully films it

Oh, those fun-loving teenagers. Hanging out on the Red Line at Chicago. Punching out homeless guys on the platform. Laughing about it afterwards. Disgusting. Thank you to the woman who helped the victim. Fox News Chicago later reported the attack is part of a “game” called “Point him out, knock him out.” Yep, more fun... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
November 8, 2011 at 6:57 am
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Habitual Red Line panhandler swings his cane at motorwoman

Here’s a guest post from Jim. I was on my way back down town from a meeting. I got on the Red Line at Roosevelt station. The north bound Red Line pulls up and doors open. The announcement drones: “This train is temporally stopped because the operator is off the train.” The motorman walks four... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
August 19, 2011 at 7:30 am
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CTA cameras paying off: Arrest comes two months after iPod theft

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An 18-year-old South Side man was arrested Sunday after a CTA employee recognized him from a surveillance photo two months after the incident, the Tribune reports. From that report: The man reported a group of four or five men took his iPod on June 9 while he was on the Red Line near the Clark/Division... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
August 8, 2011 at 5:20 pm
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News pickup: Phone thefts, capital bill, storm recovery

Here’s a wrap-up of major CTA issues making news: Phone thefts are way up. Thefts of iPhones, iPads and other electronic devices have increased more than 20 percent over last year, the Tribune reports. That’s no surprise. What’s surprising to me is that we passengers remain mostly oblivious to the threat of theft, with are... Read more »
By Kevin O'Neil,
July 12, 2011 at 7:00 am
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